of cholera, Stephen ruthlessly collects payment from his customers, earning the best record of any branch in China. Then, communists take over the city. An officer shows up at the company's offices and demands the gold stored in the safe. Stephen bargains with him and gets everyone except McCarger and himself evacuated to a ship by promising to give up the gold in a few hours. In the meantime, he sends for Ho, a very well-connected Chinese customer and good friend, hoping he can use his influence. When Ho bravely shows up however, he is shot down in cold blood by the soldiers. Outraged, Stephen and McCarger take the gold and escape out the back door. McCarger is killed and Stephen wounded, but a passing boat rescues him and the gold. In the hospital, he is visited by the new man in charge of the Orient for the company. Stephen is delighted to be offered the position of his assistant. However, when his boss outlines his plan to institute modern business practices, Stephen disagrees, explaining that, despite appearances, the "new" China is still run by the old ways. When he recovers, he is humiliated to learn that his job has been given to another man as a result. Further, he is given only menial tasks in an effort to get him to quit (and thus forfeit his pension). Hester gives Stephen's boss a tongue-lashing and reveals that her husband holds the patent for a lamp the company uses to popularize the use of its product. However, it is a call from the president of Atlantis, disturbed by the news that Stephen has been passed over for the job, that changes the man's mind. Stephen's shaken faith in the company is restored. Cast Pat O'Brien as Stephen Chase Josephine Hutchinson as Hester Adams Chase Jean Muir as Alice Wellman Lyle Talbot as Jim Arthur Byron as No. 1 Boss John Eldredge as Don Wellman Donald Crisp as J.T. McCarger Willie Fung as Kin, the Chases' servant Tetsu Komai as Ho Henry O'Neill as Edward Hartford Ronnie Cosby as Bunsy Wellman, the Wellmans' son William B. Davidson as E.H. Swaley (as William Davidson) George Meeker as Bill Kendall Joseph Crehan as Clements Christian Rub as Dr. Jorgen Willard Robertson as Speaker Edward McWade as Dan Florence Fair as Miss Cunningham Keye Luke as Young Chinese Soldier Lotus Liu, bit part Critical response